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Union barons swing victory for Ed Miliband

The new Labour leader Ed Miliband is willing to offer his vanquished elder
brother any job he wants to try to keep him in politics - UK News

Even the announcement of the voting was pure "post-new" Labour. The
candidates were informed of the result before the farce of a presentation,
while the Labour Congress oohed and aahed through five endless and
irrelevant rounds of voting. The candidates all tried to look surprised at
each outcome and then whichever Milliband finally won, he looked all faux
surprised.
So new leader same as the old then - treat the nation like total idiots and
spin your figures to look democratic, whilst the Unions call the shots.James Green, London

So the Unions have, at last, what they want. A leader steeped in the lore of
Marxist theory who they believe will legitimise their bullying ways and